After the Consultation between the Evangelical Lutheran Hermannsburg Mission in Lower Saxony and its partner churches from Latin America, Africa and Asia the participants visited Wittenberg. For guests from so far away it is always important to visit the historic Luther sites. They enjoyed a guided city tour and the presentation about the LWF Center in Wittenberg. Representatives of two churches used the chance to plant a tree in the Luther garden for their church.. Other visited the tree of their respective churches that were planted earlier. New planted is tree number 266. IT is a Fraxenius excelsior (Common Ash Tree) that was planted by the Vice President Rev. Albert Sockerna of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church in India. The crataegus laevigata (Pink Hawthorn) represents the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. The General Secretary of that big African church, Dr. Berhanu Ofgaa, did the planting.

After the Consultation between the Evangelical Lutheran Hermannsburg Mission in Lower Saxony and its partner churches from Latin America, Africa and Asia the participants visited Wittenberg. For guests from so far away it is always important to visit the historic Luther sites. They enjoyed a guided city tour and the presentation about the LWF Center in Wittenberg. Representatives of two churches used the chance to plant a tree in the Luther garden for their church.. Other visited the tree of their respective churches that were planted earlier. New planted is tree number 266. IT is a Fraxenius excelsior (Common Ash Tree) that was planted by the Vice President Rev. Albert Sockerna of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church in India. The crataegus laevigata (Pink Hawthorn) represents the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. The General Secretary of that big African church, Dr. Berhanu Ofgaa, did the planting.